Rulership and Rebellion in the Anglo-Norman World, c.1066-c.1216
Rulership and Rebellion in the Anglo-Norman World, c.1066-c.1216

Author: Paul Dalton

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-03-09

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 1317060962

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The importance of the themes of rulership and rebellion in the history of the Anglo-Norman world between 1066 and the early thirteenth century is incontrovertible. The power, government, and influence of kings, queens and other lords pervaded and dominated society and was frequently challenged and resisted. But while biographies of rulers, studies of the institutions and operation of central, local and seigniorial government, and works on particular political struggles abound, many major aspects of rulership and rebellion remain to be explored or further elucidated. This volume, written by leading scholars in the field and dedicated to the pioneering work of Professor Edmund King, will make an original, important and timely contribution to our knowledge and understanding of Anglo-Norman history.

So Long a Letter
So Long a Letter

Author: Mariama Bâ

Publisher: Waveland Press

Published: 2012-05-06

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1478611235

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Written by award-winning African novelist Mariama Bâ and translated from the original French, So Long a Letter has been recognized as one of Africa’s 100 Best Books of the 20th Century. The brief narrative, written as an extended letter, is a sequence of reminiscences —some wistful, some bitter—recounted by recently widowed Senegalese schoolteacher Ramatoulaye Fall. Addressed to a lifelong friend, Aissatou, it is a record of Ramatoulaye’s emotional struggle for survival after her husband betrayed their marriage by taking a second wife. This semi-autobiographical account is a perceptive testimony to the plight of educated and articulate Muslim women. Angered by the traditions that allow polygyny, they inhabit a social milieu dominated by attitudes and values that deny them status equal to men. Ramatoulaye hopes for a world where the best of old customs and new freedom can be combined. Considered a classic of contemporary African women’s literature, So Long a Letter is a must-read for anyone interested in African literature and the passage from colonialism to modernism in a Muslim country. Winner of the prestigious Noma Award for Publishing in Africa.

Religious Patronage in Anglo-Norman England, 1066-1135
Religious Patronage in Anglo-Norman England, 1066-1135

Author: Emma Cownie

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780861932320

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Although the Norman Conquest of 1066 swept away most of the secular and ecclesiastical leaders of pre-Conquest England, it held some positive aspects for English society, such as its effects on Anglo-Saxon monastic foundations, which this study explores. The first part deals in depth with five individual case studies (Abingdon, Gloucester, Bury St Edmunds, St Albans and St Augustine's, Canterbury) as well as Fenland and other houses, showing how despite mixed fortunes the major houses survived to become the richest in England. The second part places the experiences of the houses in the context of structural changes in religious patronage as well as within the social and political nexus of the Anglo-Norman realm. Dr Cownie analyses the pattern of gifts to religious houses on both sides of the Channel, looking at the reasons why they were made.EMMA COWNIEgained her Ph.D. from the University of Wales at Cardiff; she currently holds a research fellowship at King's College, London.

Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire

Author: Nikolaus Pevsner

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13: 9780300096323

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Some of England's grandest country houses are to be found in this prosperous rural midland county with its excellent local building stone from the limestone belt. The Elizabethan Renaissance Kirby Hall, the late seventeenth century French-inspired Boughton, Hawksmoor's stately Baroque Easton Neston and the interiors of Althorp provide a fascinating survey of changing taste through the centuries. The great houses are complemented by smaller buildings of great character, supreme among them Sir Thomas Tresham's eccentric and ingenious Triangular Lodge at Rushton. Of no less interest in this county of "spires and squires" are the fine village churches, from Early Saxon Brixworth to the noble early Gothic buildings which so inspired the Victorians.

Art and Patronage in the English Romanesque
Art and Patronage in the English Romanesque

Author: Sarah Macready

Publisher:

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9780854312436

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Fifteen illustrated papers, from an Antiquaries seminar, which discuss the major architectural and free-standing sculptures of the Pre-Conquest, Romanesque and Gothic periods across England. Each section is preceded by a broad summary of research themes.

Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

Author: Nikolaus Pevsner

Publisher: Harmondsworth : Penguin

Published: 1967

Total Pages: 832

ISBN-13: 9780140710328

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This southern county has a splendidly varied range of fine buildings. Winchester, with its Cathedral, Castle, College and churches, has some of the finest medieval architecture in England. At Southampton the walled medieval port is still recognisable; in contrast, Portsmouth is of special interest for its extensive Georgian and Victorian dock buildings. The rich countryside abounds in attractive villages and small towns with notable churches and houses, from Norman Romsey Abbey and the quiet grandeur of The Vyne with its audacious portico by John Webb to the early nineteenth century Neo-Grecian of the Grange. Smaller delights include Jane Austen's house at Chawton and Stanley Spencer's unparalleled series of paintings in the Sandham Mermorial Chapel at Burghclere.

Embroiderers
Embroiderers

Author: Kay Staniland

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 1991-01-01

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9780802069153

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Examines the work of medieval embroiderers, including vestments, altar cloths, clothes, and wall-hangings, and discusses their techniques, how they acquired their skills, and embroiderers' guilds